Convert shipping orders into house shipments — single and bulk

Shipping orders capture what your customers want moved. Converting turns them into operational shipments: first the order becomes a master shipment carrying its cargo, then Linbis creates the house shipments under it in bulk — one grouped operation, however many houses it takes.

Before you start

• The order should have its commodities attached — converting an order with no commodities creates a master with no cargo (Linbis warns you first).
• Confirm the order when it is ready to process: on the order page, Confirm moves it from Open to Ready.

Convert a single order

1. Open Shipping Orders in the sidebar and select the order.
2. Select Convert to Master Shipment in the header.
3. Confirm the dialog ("Convert to Master Shipment?"). Linbis creates a master shipment from the order, moves all commodities to it, and copies the charges.
4. You land on the new master shipment; the order now shows "This order was converted to shipment" with a View Shipment link, and its status becomes Converted.

Create the house shipments in bulk

5. On the master shipment's Overview tab, open the House Shipments section and select Create Houses by Grouping.
6. Pick the Grouping Method:
   • By Consignee — one house per unique consignee (the common consolidation case).
   • By Shipper — one house per shipper.
   • By Shipper + Consignee — one house per unique pair.
   • By Warehouse Receipt — one house per source receipt.
7. Select Create Houses. Linbis creates every house in one operation and confirms how many house shipments came out of how many groups.

This is the bulk path: whether the master carries cargo for 5 consignees or 500, the grouping run creates all the houses at once — no per-house data entry.

Result

The master lists its houses (shipment number, HAWB/HBL, status) in the House Shipments section; each house is a full shipment ready for its own documents and charges.

Tips

• Existing standalone house shipments can be attached to a master later: select them in the Shipments list and use Assign to Master (or Create New Master) from the bulk action bar — see Consolidate house shipments under a master.
• Bulk Convert in the Shipping Orders header opens the Import Data Wizard — the spreadsheet route for creating many records at once.
• A partially processed order shows Partially Converted until everything is converted.

Related

• Shipping Orders screen reference
• Consolidate house shipments under a master
• Master, house & chargeable weight